Summer Placement Test Software Development Engineer

at  Leonardo UK Ltd

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Currently undertaking a minimum of a Bachelors level degree Mechanical Engineering (or similar field)
• Be a self-motivated individual, willing to take on new challenges and drive continuous personal development
• Strong communication skills across a variety of mediums i.e. written, verbal, digital, etc.
• The ability to develop effective working relationships with peers and stakeholders
• Adaptable to the ever changing demands that will be encountered within the role
• Offer novel ideas and methods for solving technical problems, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge learned during academic studies
• Demonstrate relevant project work and/or placements in Industry are beneficial, but not essential

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A SUMMER PLACEMENT TEST SOFTWARE ENGINEER

As a Summer Placement Test Software Development Engineer, you will work on real engineering problems within either the Radar, Advanced Targeting or Support business areas. You will have the opportunity to be involved in supporting a wide range of tasks across multiple projects/products, such as:

• Developing test solutions for:
• Captor radar for the Typhoon fighter jet
• Raven radar for the SAAB Gripen fighter jet
• Our family of Surveillance AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars
• IRCM (Infra-Red Counter Measures) systems
• Laser target designator or laser ranging systems
• Defining software for our Future Test Software Architecture.
• Advancing our results generation and analysis understanding.
• Be involved in the investigation and implementation of our ‘Future Factory’ aspirations.

Within the Test Software Engineering community you will be given the opportunity to learn the skills required for software development, including developing practical skills in different software development environments, understanding of key technologies, developing experience using test programming tools to interface with instrumentation hardware. You will deliver technical reports and presentations on your work assignments to your supervisor and fellow placement students.
Most of your learning will be delivered via on the job experience by working on software development programmes within live projects delivering complex test solutions to our customers. Additional formal technical training will be provided as required.
You will work with an experienced engineer who will provide day-to-day guidance and will be introduced to test software engineering processes, methods, technology and tools, with particular emphasis placed on learning practical skills that may not be easily gained or experienced in the academic environment of a university.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

All of our placements should be working towards (a) a minimum of an upper Second class Bachelors/Integrated Masters degree, or (b) a higher degree, such as an MSc or PhD. In all cases the subject should be Software Engineering, Computer Science or another relevant discipline.
All successful candidates must be returning to university after their Summer Placement, i.e. not in their final year.
Please note that in order to apply for this opportunity you must be eligible for UK Security Clearance. Normally this is to the level of Security Check (typically known as “SC”) for our business which includes having a minimum of five years permanent residency in the UK.